DeSoto County · about 70 min (55 mi) from the shop
Kitchen Remodeling in Southeast Arcadia, FL
Cabinet repair, refacing and made-to-fit replacements for Southeast Arcadia's rural homes and manufactured houses on acreage.
- Built in our Sarasota shop since 2011
- 4.4★ from 52 Google reviews
- 3D model before anything is built
- Solid-wood boxes, dovetail drawers
In Southeast Arcadia, kitchen remodeling is usually a practical job: fixing a sink base that leaked, refacing sound cabinets, or replacing a run of factory cabinets with ones that will last. This unincorporated community of 6,299 residents sits just outside Arcadia's city limits, on rural lots where many homes are manufactured houses.
Design, shop building on Lewis Ave in Sarasota, and installation are all ours. It is about 70 minutes and 55 miles from the shop, so the job is planned around a few visits.
Repair, Refacing or New Cabinets for Country Homes
Most Southeast Arcadia projects fit one of these.
Kitchen Remodeling
A full kitchen design when the room should be rearranged; licensed trades handle pipes and wires. In a manufactured home, the plan keeps the sink near its existing drain, since moving it means work under the floor.
Custom Cabinetry
Solid-wood cabinets made to the exact dimensions of a manufactured or older home. Each box is sized to the real wall and ceiling heights, which in factory-built houses rarely match catalog cabinets.
Cabinet Refacing
New doors, fronts and veneer on boxes that are still sound, without a full tear-out. It suits manufactured homes whose frames are dry and square, and it leaves plumbing and counters undisturbed.
Cabinet Repair
Rebuilt sink bases, rehung doors and new drawer boxes for cabinets worth keeping. Once the leak is fixed and the subfloor is sound, a swollen sink-base floor is rebuilt in real wood and the doors are matched.
Cabinet Door Replacement
When only the doors have sagged or peeled, as factory doors in older manufactured homes tend to, new solid-wood doors and drawer fronts go onto the existing boxes.
Water-Damaged Cabinet Repair
Homes on the low ground toward the Peace River that took water in 2022 may be able to keep their uppers; we rebuild or replace the base run that sat in the flood.
DeSoto County Permits for Unincorporated Arcadia-Area Homes
Because Southeast Arcadia is outside city limits, permits come from DeSoto County, not the City of Arcadia. Cabinet repair and refacing usually need none; moving plumbing, adding circuits or altering walls requires a Florida-licensed contractor. To catch leaks before they ruin a cabinet, see our guide to sink-base leaks and hidden cabinet damage. We also serve nearby Arcadia.
The county's building offices are on E. Oak Street in downtown Arcadia, a short drive from most addresses in the community. Work that touches a manufactured home's piers, tie-downs or structure belongs to a manufactured home installer holding a license from the state Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, not to a cabinet shop. On lower lots toward the Peace River, the FEMA/NFIP substantial-damage rule applies to manufactured homes too, so a flood repair costing half the home's value or more can require elevating it before anyone moves back in.
Three Visits From Sarasota for a Rural Project
We measure everything on the first visit, including floor flatness and wall thickness, which matter in manufactured homes. Next you review the working drawings and 3D model with us. New parts are made in the Sarasota shop, and the final trip is installation. If a repair turns up more damage than expected, we explain the options before going further.
Rural Lots and Manufactured Homes Beyond the City Limits
Housing here is mostly single-family on larger lots, with a high share of manufactured homes alongside block houses and older frame homes. Manufactured homes built since 1976 follow the federal HUD code, and their factory cabinets are often lighter-built and sized to the home's own layout, so replacements have to be made to fit rather than pulled from a catalog.
Many of those homes date from before 1994, when federal wind standards for manufactured housing were raised after Hurricane Andrew, and houses from either side of that line can share a road. Inside, the details matter to a cabinetmaker: walls are often light framing faced with vinyl-covered panels, so uppers must land on studs we locate at the measure, and many floors are decked in particleboard that softens under a leaking sink, which may need repair before a new base goes in. We test that decking at the measure.
The most common problems are a swollen sink base, sagging doors and worn drawer slides. Cabinet repair can rebuild a cabinet floor or sides, and cabinet door replacement gives tired boxes new solid-wood doors and fronts. Homes near the Peace River that flooded after Hurricane Ian in 2022 may need full replacement.
Reviews
What customers near Southeast Arcadia say
4.4★ average from 52 reviews on Google. Quotes are from public Google reviews, shortened where marked.
“No fancy showroom. No pretentious anything. Just evidence of a working shop that builds and repairs cabinetry & furniture and that does a wide variety of other work involving wood and engineered wood alternatives. Everything they've done for me has been top notch.”
“SRQ recently installed lovely built-in shelves that has become the focal point of our living room. i highly recommend Graham's workmanship.”
FAQ
Southeast Arcadia kitchen remodeling questions
Can you replace cabinets in a manufactured home?
Yes. We measure the kitchen closely, since manufactured homes often have nonstandard wall thicknesses and cabinet sizes, then build solid-wood replacements in our Sarasota shop to fit. If the existing boxes are sound, refacing or new doors may be enough. Any plumbing or electrical changes go to licensed trades.
Is it worth repairing an old sink base instead of replacing the kitchen?
Often it is. If the leak is fixed and the rest of the cabinets are solid, we can rebuild the sink base floor and sides in real wood and match the doors. In Southeast Arcadia, where many kitchens just need one problem solved, that is frequently the sensible choice.
Nearby
Also serving near Southeast Arcadia
- Arcadia, FLAbout 70 min (54 mi) from the shop
- Port Charlotte, FLAbout 60 min (46 mi) from the shop
- North Port, FLAbout 50 min (37 mi) from the shop
- Punta Gorda, FLAbout 75 min (58 mi) from the shop
- Warm Mineral Springs, FLAbout 45 min (34 mi) from the shop
1121 Lewis Ave, Sarasota
About a quarter mile east of US 301, off 12th Street. Shop visits are by appointment. Please call ahead before stopping by Lewis Ave.
Living Well Crafted
Planning a kitchen in Southeast Arcadia? Talk it through with the shop.
- Built in our Sarasota shop since 2011
- 4.4★ from 52 Google reviews
- 3D model before anything is built
- Solid-wood boxes, dovetail drawers